Creative Writing

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The creative writing major at Miami is a thriving program, one of the largest in the United States, with an increasingly global curriculum and outlook. With eight full-time creative writing faculty, more than 150 undergraduate majors, and a new minor (as well as 20-25 graduate students), there’s a creative writing buzz at Miami.

After Graduation

Miami creative writing majors have enjoyed considerable career success. A partial list of honors received by former students includes the Pulitzer Prize (one winner, one finalist), the National Medal of the Arts, the PEN/Robert Bingham Award for Fiction, the Asian American Literary Award, the Whiting Fellowship, and the national Poet Laureateship.

Many creative writing majors pursue MFAs or other advanced degrees at top programs including Iowa, Columbia, and Brown. Majors pursue successful careers in publishing, editing, advertising, law, medicine, and the business world. See Internship and Job Resources for Creative Writing (Career Services).

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Department of English

Committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and creative performance, our undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Composition and Rhetoric, Creative Writing, Linguistics, and Literature place this community at the center of liberal arts education at Miami.